AN "incompetent" shoplifter has been sent back to jail after he was arrested for theft – less than two hours after walking free from court.The incident, described by defence solicitor Lawrence Overend as "close to a record", saw Steven Burton, 57, of Barnstaple, hauled before North Devon Magistrates' Court on Friday.Lyndsey Baker, for the prosecution, told the court that the day before Burton had appeared via video link at Exeter Magistrates' Court where he was handed a...
